Greig Laidlaw booted 22 points on his return to Scotland's starting line-up as Gregor Townsend's men kick-started their NatWest 6 Nations campaign with a 32-26 win over France. Greig Laidlaw booted 22 points on his return to Scotland's starting line-up as Gregor Townsend's men kick-started their NatWest 6 Nations campaign with a 32-26 win over France. The teams then exchanged a pair of penalties apiece as Machenaud and Baptiste Serin knocked over for France, with Laidlaw twice responding for Scotland. Now it was Scotland mounting the cavalry charge, forcing France to concede yet another penalty on 70 minutes which Laidlaw once again punished to put Townsend's team in front for the first time. The Clermont Auvergne scrum-half then made sure of the victory with three minutes left as he again fired over.

Source: Irish Independent February 11, 2018 16:52 UTC